Improvement in bolts



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Patented Nov. 29, 1870.

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FELIX epMCeLELLA'Nn', or ATTICA;v o nro.

Letters Patent No. 100,640, dated November 29, 1870; antedetedV November 19, 1870.

.IMPROVEMENT lN BOLTS.

The Schedule referred to in than Letten Patent and making part of the same.

Be it known that ^I, FELIXV G. MCCLELILAXD, of-

Attica, in the 'count-y of Seneca and lStateot' Ohio,

have invented a n'ew and useful Improvement in Bolts, f

of which the following. is a speciica'tion.

Nalil're of the Invention My invention relates to an improvement in holts for securing the tail-'board of a wagon, and consists in the construction of a guard orkey having one ot' its ends convexe-convex and the otherconcave-convex, and of about the same weight, said guard being linked through au'eye in its longitudinaleenter toa shaft provided wit a concave recess or grooveV toreceive the convexe# con ex end of' the gua-rd,vand a convex 'rccessl'over which the concave-convex end ofi-he guard clo'ses,.t Y permit the boli; to beinsel'ted intoan eyeor hole, as

will hereinafter be more fully specified.

. lh'sn'vription of the Drawing.

Figure lisa. perspective view ot' the holt.-

'lfigure 2 is avertical section of -the sa'me,

Figure 3 is/'a view of a section of the holt showing the guard closed.

Figure 4- isa viewof a section of the boit showing the guard in a position the reverse of that. shown in iig. 3. V

Figure 5 is a perspective view ofthe guard.

.General .,Descriptifm. '.Lhe shaft a has the shouldered', head di provided with Athe ring 7i. l

v-Clhe shaft may ne constructed without thering'h. Wien, however, the ring is used, a chain may he at.-

.ta'ched .to it, and to any convenient part of the machine or implement in which the bolt is used.'

'.Lhe shaft a has the groove or concave recess c and the convex recess?) ou opposite sides, at its point, for receiving t-he ends of'4 the guard d. l

. Theend got' the guard l is made convero-conrex, and the end c is made concave-convex and of about the 'same weight.

` or hole.

The guard d is attached to the Vshaft a by alinl: which is forged on the end of the shaft, thrust through the eyef of the guard d, and heut-afterward.

, '.lhe guard d need'be made only a. very little longer"v than the diameter of'the shaft a, in order to hold the lholt ,in the eye in which it maybe inserted.

` 'lhe groove caud convexrecess'b receiving-thc ends 1/ and c oi' thegnard d permit; the boltto be inserted into au eye vthat is only large' enough to admit the:

'shaft (i.

The shnli. need onlyhe nsllong ii'om the shouldeifulil the head i to the top of the'rcccsses b and ons aline. that measures the distance between the extrelncsfot.

the eye or hole in which the bolt is to" he used,

By placing either eudot the 'gua-rd clin its corre'' spending recess the ,holt can he inserted into its cve As) soon as side. of the c ve vii; will fall into a posit-ion at such an angie to thesha-ft as to prevent the holt from falling `or heingjjarred i'r'oni its nlace in the'ey'e. t I

AThe gunrdhd, haring the ends o and c coimtru'cted 'as described,'whcn used in combination with Athe shaft,` (l, provided with the groorec and convex recess bjiiu;

receiving the corresponding ends of the guard (l, and with the head i, with or-without the ring h, when the whole is arranged and operated in the manner and iin' the'pnrposc hereinbefore specified.

In testimony that-I claim the ihregoing improvement in bolts as above |leserihc-d', I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day of February, 1870.

FELIX GJMGCLELLAND. [e s.) y

Witnesses: i Y

LESTER SUTTON, J ons MeLAUonL'm.

the guarde passes out on the opposite 

